Greek & Latin Roots (Pt. Ii)

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(G) choreo-

Back 1

dance

(n) choreology: the notation of dance movement.

Hint 1

(n) choreology

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(G) charis-

Back 2

beauty, kindness

(n) charisma: the powerful personal quality that some people have to attract and impress other people.

Hint 2

(n) charisma

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(G) ceram-

Back 3

clay, pottery

(n) ceramic: a pot or other object made of clay.

Hint 3

(n) ceramic

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(G) caco-

*(2 words)*

Back 4

bad, wrong

(n) cacography: bad handwriting or spelling.

(n) cacophony: a mixture of loud unpleasant sounds.

Hint 4

(n) cacography

(n) cacophony

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(G) buco-

Back 5

rural, rustic

(a) bucolic: describing the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life.

Hint 5

(a) bucolic

Front 6

(G) calc-

Back 6

stone

(v) calcify: to become hard or make something hard by adding calcium salts.

Hint 6

(v) calcify

Front 7

(G) carp-

Back 7

wrist

(n) carpal: any of the eight small bones that form the wrist.

Hint 7

(n) carpal

Front 8

(G) card, cardi-

*(2 words)*

Back 8

heart

(n) cardiopathy: heart disease

(n) cardiograph: an instrument for recording heart muscle activity, such as

Hint 8

(n) cardiopathy

(n) cardiograph

Front 9

(G) cata-

Back 9

down, against, back

(n) catabolism: the process by which chemical structures are broken down and energy is released.

Hint 9

(n) catabolism

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(G) dem-

*(2 words)*

Back 10

people

(n) demographics: data relating to the population and different groups within it.

(n) pandemic: a disease that spreads over a whole country or the whole world

Hint 10

(n) demographics

(n) pandemic

Front 11

(G) cris, crit-

*(2 words)*

Back 11

judge, decide

(n) critic: a person who expresses disapproval of somebody/something.

(n) crisis: a time when a problem, a bad situation or an illness is at its worst point.

Hint 11

(n) critic

(n) crisis

Front 12

(G) cephalo-

Back 12

head

(n) cephalometer: an instrument for measuring the human head.

Hint 12

(n) cephalometer

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(G) crypt-

*(2 words)*

Back 13

hidden

(n) crypt: a room under the floor of a church, used especially in the past as a place for burying people.

(n) cryptography: the art of writing or solving codes.

Hint 13

(n) crypt

(n) cryptography

Front 14

(G) carpo-

Back 14

fruit

(n) carpology: the study of fruits and seeds.

Hint 14

(n) carpology

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(G) centr-

*(2 words)*

Back 15

center

(a) acentric: without a center, not centralized.

(v) concentrate: to give all your attention to something and not think about anything else. (center your mind)

Hint 15

(a) acentric

(v) concentrate

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(G) chrom-

Back 16

color

(n) chromocyte: a pigmented cell.

Hint 16

(n) chromocyte

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(G) derm-

*(2 words)*

Back 17

skin

(n) dermal: of or relating to the skin.

(n) dermatitis: a skin condition in which the skin becomes red, swollen and sore.

Hint 17

(n) dermal

(n) dermatitis

Front 18

(G) calli-

Back 18

beautiful

(n) calligraphy: the art of producing beautiful handwriting that you do with a special pen or brush.

Hint 18

(n) calligraphy

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(G) chiro-

Back 19

hand

(n) chiromancy: the practice of telling what will happen in the future by looking at the lines on somebody's palms.

Hint 19

(n) chiromancy

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(G) cosm-

*(2 words)*

Back 20

world, universe

(a) cosmic: connected with the whole universe.

(n) acosmism: a theory that denies that the universe possesses any absolute reality or that it has any existence apart from God.

Hint 20

(a) cosmic

(n) acosmism

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(G) cine-

Back 21

motion

(n) cinematography: the art or process of making films/movies.

Hint 21

(n) cinematography

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(G) clast-

*(2 words)*

Back 22

broken

(n) bioclasts: a fragment of a shell or fossil forming part of a sedimentary rock.

(n) osteoclast: a type of bone cell that resorbs bone tissue.

Hint 22

(n) bioclasts

(n) osteoclast

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(G) crani-

*(2 words)*

Back 23

head, skull

(n) cranial: the bone structure that forms the head and surrounds and protects the brain.

(n) craniology: the scientific study of the shape and size of the skulls of different human races.

Hint 23

(n) cranial

(n) craniology

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(G) cyt-

*(3 words)*

Back 24

cell

(n) cytology: the scientific study of the structure and function of cells from living things.

(n) erythrocyte: red blood cell.

(n) cytoplasm: all living the living material in a cell, not including the nucleus.

Hint 24

(n) cytology

(n) erythrocyte

(n) cytoplasm

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(G) carci-

*(2 words)*

Back 25

cancer

(n) carcinoma: a substance that can cause cancer.

(n) carcinogen: a cancer that affects the top layer of the skin or the lining of the body's internal organs.

Hint 25

(n) carcinoma

(n) carcinogen